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Biocalcification of sand through ureolysis / Chiung-Wen Chou in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, Vol. 137 N° 12 (Décembre 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering > Vol. 137 N° 12 (Décembre 2011) . - pp. 1179-1189 Titre : Biocalcification of sand through ureolysis Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Chiung-Wen Chou, Auteur ; Eric A. Seagren, Auteur ; Ahmet H. Aydilek, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : pp. 1179-1189 Note générale : Géotechnique Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Soil  properties  Bacteria  Calcium  carbonate  Strength Résumé : Biological processes may provide great and previously unexplored opportunities for cost-effective, in situ improvement of the engineering properties of soil. A laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the changes in geomechanical properties of sand attributable to the formation of calcium precipitates induced through ureolysis catalyzed by Sporosarcina pasteurii (S. pasteurii). Specifically, direct shear and California Bearing Ratio (CBR) tests were conducted on sand specimens subjected to treatment by growing, resting, and dead S. pasteurii cells in completely stirred tank reactors and completely mixed biofilm reactors, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy analyses were also conducted to evaluate microbially induced precipitation. The results of the study show that the bacterial cells effectively improved the geomechanical properties of the sand. Growing cells improved the sand properties owing to microbially induced precipitation and related pore volume changes, whereas dead and resting cells generally caused smaller increases in friction angle and bearing strength. Analysis of the sand from CBR specimens treated with growing cells demonstrated that the microbial and chemical processes both contributed to the clogging of the porous medium. DEWEY : 624.1 ISSN : 1090-0241 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/gto/resource/1/jggefk/v137/i12/p1179_s1?isAuthorized=no [article] Biocalcification of sand through ureolysis [texte imprimé] / Chiung-Wen Chou, Auteur ; Eric A. Seagren, Auteur ; Ahmet H. Aydilek, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 1179-1189. Géotechnique Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering > Vol. 137 N° 12 (Décembre 2011) . - pp. 1179-1189 Mots-clés : Soil  properties  Bacteria  Calcium  carbonate  Strength Résumé : Biological processes may provide great and previously unexplored opportunities for cost-effective, in situ improvement of the engineering properties of soil. A laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the changes in geomechanical properties of sand attributable to the formation of calcium precipitates induced through ureolysis catalyzed by Sporosarcina pasteurii (S. pasteurii). Specifically, direct shear and California Bearing Ratio (CBR) tests were conducted on sand specimens subjected to treatment by growing, resting, and dead S. pasteurii cells in completely stirred tank reactors and completely mixed biofilm reactors, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy analyses were also conducted to evaluate microbially induced precipitation. The results of the study show that the bacterial cells effectively improved the geomechanical properties of the sand. Growing cells improved the sand properties owing to microbially induced precipitation and related pore volume changes, whereas dead and resting cells generally caused smaller increases in friction angle and bearing strength. Analysis of the sand from CBR specimens treated with growing cells demonstrated that the microbial and chemical processes both contributed to the clogging of the porous medium. DEWEY : 624.1 ISSN : 1090-0241 En ligne : http://ascelibrary.org/gto/resource/1/jggefk/v137/i12/p1179_s1?isAuthorized=no